Long QT syndrome care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
Mayo Clinic has one of the largest dedicated long QT syndrome specialty clinics in the United States. In the Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals work together to evaluate and treat people with a wide variety of heart rhythm disorders.
Mayo Clinic doctors trained in heart conditions (cardiologists), doctors trained in treating children with heart conditions (pediatric cardiologists), heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists) and heart surgeons (cardiovascular surgeons) provide coordinated, comprehensive care for people who have long QT syndrome. This collaborative approach means that healthcare professionals can often evaluate you and develop a treatment plan within 2 to 3 days.
- Individualized approach. Healthcare professionals at Mayo Clinic provide care for you as a whole person. They take the time to get to know you and work with you to provide exactly the care you need. Mayo health professionals evaluate each person's condition and establish an individualized treatment program.
- Advanced diagnosis and treatment. At Mayo Clinic, you have access to the latest imaging and diagnostic tools. Mayo cardiovascular surgeons have experience performing minimally invasive left cardiac sympathetic denervation surgeries to treat long QT syndrome.
- Innovative research. Researchers in Mayo Clinic's Cardiovascular Research Center are focused on developing diagnostic tests and innovative treatments for people with cardiovascular disease.
Expertise and rankings
Experience
Mayo Clinic cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and other healthcare professionals have extensive experience and expertise in diagnosing and treating people with long QT syndrome. Mayo healthcare professionals evaluate and treat nearly 1,000 people with long QT syndrome each year.
Mayo healthcare professionals with expertise and training in long QT syndrome work together to treat both adults and children in the Long QT Syndrome and Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota.
Nationally recognized expertise
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.
With Mayo Clinic's emphasis on collaborative care, specialists at each of the campuses — Minnesota, Arizona and Florida — interact very closely with colleagues at the other campuses and the Mayo Clinic Health System.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular surgery and cardiovascular medicine departments' expertise and rankings.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
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